Grand Jewish Israel Tour with Eilat │ 14 Day Jewish Israel Tour

Overview

Travel on our Grand Jewish Heritage Israel tour with Eilat and rediscover the people and land of your roots

On this grand heritage journey visit the largest and modern city of Tel Aviv visiting places like Independence Hall, Latrun, Avalon Institute, Diaspora Museum, Rabin’s Square, and Jaffa. Experience Caesarea, Haifa, breathtaking views of Mount Carmel, drive to UNESCO World heritage site of Acre. Explore Tiberias, and the largest archeological park in Israel Beit She’an, continue to the Golden City of Jerusalem and see Old Jerusalem, the Tomb of King David, Mount Zion, the Jewish Quarter, take the opportunity to place a prayer note at the Western Wall. Witness Yad Vashem Holocaust museum, and see Ammunition Hill. Travel to the lowest place on earth the Dead Sea, see Qumran, and the great fortress of Masada. Travel south to the Negev desert and learn about the Bedouin, continue to the Zin valley, and stop at Ramon crater, after arrive at Eilat. On your last day of touring experience the Negev desert, Timna valley, and see the copper mines, King Solomon’s pillars, and after see Eilat’s underwater observatory. This and so many more incredible sites along the way of our eleven day Jewish Heritage Tour.

English speaking Tour Guides that know Jewish Heritage, teachings, and sites of Israel

Optional Bar/Bat Mitzvah Ceremony

Professional Tour Guide Certified by the Israeli Ministry of Tourism

NO ADDED FEES FOR CREDIT CARD PAYMENT.

Itinerary

Travel with us and rediscover the land of your father and faith on our fourteen day Grand Jewish Heritage Tour offering the most complete itinerary to Israel the Promise Land focusing on Jewish heritage sites and Israeli history. Our professional guides are government certified- whom know Israeli heritage and teachings.

Day 1 - Thursday

Departure on your way to The Promised Land, Israel.

Day 2 - Friday

Tel Aviv Shalom and welcome to the Jewish State of Israel, upon arrival into Ben Gurion International Airport, you will be met and assisted by our airport representative. Transfer to your hotel in Tel Aviv – Israel largest and modern city with short distance to the Old City of Jaffa. Check in at your hotel for overnight rest from your transatlantic flight. Tel Aviv is a beautiful city on the shore of the Mediterranean Sea, and offers a lively city center with shopping, family attractions, and the popular promendade by the beach with wonderful restaurants, stores, and coffee shops. Time permitting visit relatives and friends, go dining, shopping, or visit the artistic neighborhood of Neve Tzedek.
Overnight Tel Aviv- including Full Buffet Breakfast.

At Leisure
Enjoy a day of leisure in Israel largest and modern city with short distance to Jaffa, shopping and attractions, and famous promenade sidewalk's with outdoor shopping stores, restaurants, and coffee shops. Take time to visit and spend a day with relatives and friends. If your time permit, visit the artistic neighborhood of Neve Tzedek.At leisure Overnight Tel-Aviv.

Caesarea / Haifa / Acre / Rosh Hanikra
The beginning of your Jewish Heritage escorted tour begins with a drive along the beautiful costal plains in to Caesarea, a port city built by Herod the Great and once the Judea capital under Roman rule. Explore the incredible archelogical ruins and see the aqueduct, amphitheatre, and excavations of the crusaders and ancient city. Continue to Haifa for a breathtaking view from Mount Carmel. Next we'll drive to Acre and walk along its old harbor and local market. Continue to the northernmost point of Israel at Rosh Hanikra. Descend by cable into the limestone grottoes.
Overnight Kibbutz guesthouse in Galilee- including Full Buffet Breakfast and Dinner.

Safed / Gadot / Banias / Tel Hai
After a Israeli breakfast in your hotel we’ll drive to Safed, center of the Kaballa movement; visit the Joseph Caro synagogue and the Ha’Ari synagogue, the most important synagogues in the city; stroll around the Artists' quarter. Next we’ll explore on a Jeep tour at the foot of the Golan. After we continue to Golan Heights and stop at Gadot overlook (Mitzpe Gadot), the memorial site for the fallen of the Golan, located over former Syrian bunkers and see the monument built on site in honor of the Alexandroni brigade; proceed for a magnificent observation point over the city of Keuneitra, and the Syrian territory. Visit the Banias springs. Next we’ll see Tel-Hai and see the “Roaring Lion” monument and learn about the heroic battle of Josef Trumpeldor and his comrades in 1920. Meet with a Kibbutz member and learn about their unique lifestyle.
Overnight Kibbutz guesthouse in Galilee- including Full Buffet Breakfast and Dinner.

Beit Shean / Beit Alpha / Gan Hashlosha / Jerusalem
On your Jewish tour in Israel today we’ll drive to Tiberias and visit the Tomb of Maimonides (Kever ha-Rambam), one of the most important Jewish pilgrimage sites in Israel honoring the famous Jewish philosopher, and one of Tiberias most visited tourist attractions. Continue our travel on to Beit She'an, the largest archeological park in Israel with incredible archeaological excavations from the Roman and Byzantine periods. This site rivals those of ruins in ancient Rome. Next on your tour we stop at Beit Alpha to see beautiful mosaic floors of a synagogue from the Byzantine era. Onto Gan Hashlosha (Sachne), where you will have an opportunity to enjoy the water springs located at the foot of the Gilboa Mountain, the famous mountain on which King Saul was killed in the battle against the Philistines. Continue on the journey via the Jordan valley to Jerusalem with a stop at Mount Scopus for a blessing as you enter the Golden City of Jerusalem.
Overnight Jerusalem- including Full Buffet Breakfast.

Jerusalem: Old City
Today we begin our heritage tour in the Old City of Jerusalem. We’ll visit the Tomb of King David on Mount Zion, and continue with a walk along the Cardo, an ancient Roman road. After we visit four Sephardic synagogues restored after the 1967 war in the Jewish Quarter. Then continue with a visit to the Western Wall Tunnels along the base of the Western Wall- the holiest site in Judaism and one of the original walls that retained the Temple, leading us through the Second Temple era and marvel at the inspiring construction of your ancestors of the Temple Mount. Here we visit the Davidson center and continue to the local Arab bazaar, where you can work on your negotiating skills with the local vendors. After walk through the Jaffa gate to David's Tower museum and see ancient remains of the city beginning with the first Temple period.
Overnight in Jerusalem- including Full Buffet Breakfast.

Jerusalem: New City
After breakfast we arrive to the Western Wall in the Old City of Jerusalem.

Optional: Celebrate Bar/Bat-Mitzvah ceremonies at the kotel.

After time for prayer and reflection on the Western Wall we continue to Mea Shearim, and learn about the unique lifestyle of the ultra orthodox Jewish communities. We’ll continue our Jerusalem tour driving to the Knesset, Israel’s government parliament building, and see the Menorah with the biblical emblems. Next visit the Israel Museum, and the Shrine of the Book where the Dead Sea Scrolls are housed, and the new holy land model – a miniature replica of Jerusalem as it was during the second Temple period. Drive to Mount Hertzel, and see the military cemetery and Yad Vashem, the memorial to the Holocaust, and arguably one of the very best museums in the world. Tour the Ammunition Hill, a former Jordanian army stronghold, conquered by the Israeli army in the Six Day War, and converted into a national memorial site and museum.
Overnight in Jerusalem- including Full Buffet Breakfast.

Optional: For families who wish to celebrate a Bar/Bat Mitzvah ceremony at the Western Wall. This will be a perfect opportunity, while the rest of the group will tour Mea Shearim, arrangements will be made at the Wall with a Rabbi. At the end of the service, you will be transferred from the Western Wall area to meet the group at the entrance of the Israel Museum. Contact us for prices for this special option.

Qumran / Massada / Dead Sea
Enjoy and see the Judean Desert when we drive to the Dead Sea, the lowest place on earth. Beginning with a stop at Qumran, the site where the Dead Sea Scrolls where found in 1947 by a Bedouin local boy. We’ll continue to perhaps one of the most impressive sites in Israel to the fortress of Masada, and the last stronghold of the Jews after the destruction of the Second Temple in 70 A.D. Here we ascend by cable car high up to Masada and tour the ancient fortress exploring the food storeroom, water irrigation system, bath houses and King Herod’s Palace. After we descend Masada by cable car, and stop for lunch and local spa facilities in one of the leading hotels in the area.
Overnight in Jerusalem- including Full Buffet Breakfast.

At Leisure
Enjoy a day in Israel, take time to visit family and friends, or use your leisure day in Israel to be a tourist; shoping, dining, visiting all the great sites of Jerusalem. At leisure Overnight Jerusalem.

Timna/Underwater Observatory/Eilat
Travel south through the Negev desert; visit Timna and see the copper mines and King Solomon’s pillars and marvel at the huge multi-colored rock formations. Continue to Eilat and stop to visit the underwater observatory, one of the largest seaquariums in the world, built into a coral reef. Overnight Eilat- including Full Buffet Breakfast.

Eilat/Mitzpe Ramon/Sde Boker/ Tel Aviv
Depart Eilat via Mitzpe Ramon and stop to gaze into the Ramon crater, a geological wonder, after proceed to Sde Boker Kibbutz and see Ben Gurion's hut and grave overlooking the magnificent zin valley. Stop for camel ride and visit to an quthentic Bedouin tent and learn about the Bedouin hospitality and enjoy a light lunch. Continue to Hatzerim and visit Israel's airforce museum to view the planes and equipment and to hear the story of this brave fighting force. Drive back to Tel-Aviv.
Overnight Tel Aviv- including Full Buffet Breakfast.

Tel Aviv/Ben Gurion Airport
Breakfast at your hotel, please check out from your room at 12 noon and leave your luggage with the Hotel Concierge. Pick up time from the hotel lobby to Ben Gurion airport will be 4 hours before your departure flight.
Transfer from your Tel-Aviv hotel to the Ben Gurion International Airport for your departure flight back home or to your next destination.

Included: Breakfast at your hotel. Transfer from your Tel Aviv hotel to the Ben Gurion International Airport for your departure flight back home or to your next destination.

Transfers. The drive from Tel Aviv to Ben Gurion International Airport is about 40 to 50 minutes, and the drive from Sdeh Dov Domestic Airport in Tel Aviv to Ben Gurion International Airport is about 50 to 60 minutes. International flights require that you check-in at least 3 hours prior to your flight departure time. PLEASE NOTE: NO EXTRA TRANSFER CHARGES ON ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE ANY TIME AND ANY DAY.

If your flight departs in the morning you will arrive back in America the same day of your departure. If your flight departs in the night you will arrive back to America the following day of your departure.

Optional Bar/Bat Mitzvah Services: Rabbi’s fee for one Bar/Bat Mitzvah participant is on request contact us for more details. The fee will include: Correspondence with family by the Rabbi, meeting in Jerusalem by the Rabbi prior to the ceremony, officiating at service, use of prayer pamphlets and Rabbi’s personal Torah scroll, Rabbi’s transportation, and including Bar/Bat Mitzvah certificate from the Ministry of Tourism. Reform and Conservative ceremonies will be officiated at the Southern Wall area. Transfer from the Western Wall Plaza to the Israel Museum approximately $10-$15 per taxi (4 passengers per taxi).

Dates & Rates

JEWISH TOURS TO ISRAEL NOW ON SALE - Save up to 500 per person on our fourteen day Grand Jewish Heritage Tour to Israel with Eilat. We offer the best value with no hidden fees or added fees on credit cards.

Supplement for Private Tour: This Tour can be operated by private car with guide/driver, and available same dates as regular departures listed above. Rates are supplement to cost of tour and are according to total number of passengers.

Private Passengers

Supplement Per Person in a Car
From Mar 14, 2019 - Feb 28, 2020

2

$2724.00

3

$1435.00

4

$953.00

5

$535.00

6

$307.00

7

$144.00

8

$56.00

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Hotels

We’re proud to offer 5 star deluxe, to 4 star standard hotels- all carefully inspected by one of our Israel tour specialists, each providing superior amenities combined with privileged locations; whether it’s on the beaches of the Mediterranean Sea, along the Sea of Galilee, the ideal location near the Old City Jerusalem, or by the Red Sea at Eilat you’ll find we offer the best value hotels during a tour to the Promise Land.

Located in the heart of Jerusalem, this hotel is within walking distance of Independence Park and Mamilla Mall. Walk 11 minutes to Jaffa Gate, also nearby is the Tower of David Museum, and Jerusalem Great Synagogue.

Located in the heart of Jerusalem, this hotel is within walking distance of Independence Park and Mamilla Mall. Walk 11 minutes to Jaffa Gate, also nearby is the Tower of David Museum, and Jerusalem Great Synagogue.

Located in Jerusalem city center, this hotel is near Jerusalem Great Synagogue, L.A. Meyer Institute for Islamic Art, and Tower of David Museum of the History of Jerusalem. Local attractions also include Western Wall in the Old City and Yad Vashem in the New City.

Located by the Red Sea, this hotel is within 1 mi of Coral Beach, Underwater Observatory, and Dolphin Reef. North Beach and Eilat Museum and Art Gallery are also nearby.

Included

Travel to the promised land on our 14 day fully escorted tour to Israel with Eilat offering exceptional amenities and outstanding services including free transfers on arrival and departure, deluxe and standard hotels, daily Israeli buffet breakfast, one lunch in the Dead Sea, lunch on the Bedosuin experience tour date, and set menu dinners in the Galilee at your hotel, private government-licensed tour guides, dedicated private group driver, all entrance fees and attractions, and much more.

Tips during your Israel tour: It's important to consider your Tour Guides and Drivers work very hard to make your tour an experience of a lifetime, and most of their annual income comes from the generosity of those they are serving during the tours. It is recommended that tour guides are given at least $5.00 per touring day per person, and drivers are given at least $3.00 per touring day per person. Please consider also hotel staff during your stay, and other staff that will support you during your tour.

Highlights

Join us on journey to the land Promised to you by God. Here are just some of the amazing Israel heritage sites you'll experience during our fourteen day Grand Jewish Heritage Tour to Israel with Eilat.

Independence Hall where the creation of the State of Israel was declared.

Latrun see the new “Mini Israel” park including miniature models of the most important sites and buildings in Israel.

Avalon Institute, once an ammunition factory for the Hagana, the underground movement before May 1948.

Diaspora Museum, learn about the history and culture of the Jewish people through out the world, the museum includes virtual exhibits.

Yad Mordechai, memorial named after Mordechai Anilevitz, leader of the Warsaw Ghetto and visit the restored battle fields of the War of Liberation and learn about their heroic story.

Old Jaffa the oldest old port city to be 8,000 years, and where cedars from Lebanon arrived to build Solomon’s Temple.

Caesarea an impressive national park on the Israeli coastline. The ancient Caesarea Maritima (or Caesarea Palestinae) city and harbor was built by Herod the Great about 25–13 BCE.

Mount Carmel The range is a UNESCO biosphere reserve and a number of towns are located there, most notably the city of Haifa.

AF AL PI CHEN the naval museum of the illegal immigration to Israel at the time of the British mandate.

Acre the Old City of Acre is a historic walled port-city with continuous settlement from the Phoenican period and is a UNESCO World Heritage site.

Rosh Hanikra northernmost point of Israel and where you descend by cable into the limestone grottoes.

Safed center of the Kaballa movement; tour the Joseph Caro synagogue and the Ha’Ari synagogue, the most important synagogue in this city.

Gan HaShlosha it has naturally warm water springs where visitors can swim all year.

Jerusalem the city chosen by God.

Mount Zion just outside the walls of the Old City. Mount Zion has been historically associated with the Temple Mount.

Tomb of King David is a site viewed as the burial place of David, King of Israel, according to a tradition beginning in the 12th century.

Jewish Quarter is one of the four traditional quarters of the Old City of Jerusalem.

Sephardic Synagogues located in the Jewish Quarter forming a complex which comprises four adjoining synagogues which were built at different periods to accommodate the religious needs of the Sephardic community, each congregation practicing a different rite.

Western Wall- The holiest site in Judaism and one of the original walls that retained the Temple.

Davidson Center The center offers the visitor an in-depth archaeological and historical introduction to the Jerusalem Archaeological Park by means of an exhibition of archaeological objects, augmented by visual, textual and audio information. One of the highlights of this modern facility is a real-time virtual reality reconstruction of the Herodian Temple Mount as it stood prior to its destruction by Roman troops in the year 70 CE.

Mea Shearim, one of the oldest Jewish neighborhoods in Jerusalem, Israel and where you'll learn about the unique lifestyle of the ultra orthodox Jewish communities.

Knesset, Israel’s government parliament building, and see the Menorah with the biblical emblems.

Israel Museum and see the Shrine of the Book where the Dead Sea Scrolls are housed, and the new holy land model – a miniature replica of Jerusalem as it was during the second Temple period. The Israel Museum is the largest cultural institution in the State of Israel and is ranked among the world’s leading art and archaeology museums.

Mount Herzl is the site of Israel's national cemetery and other memorial and educational facilities, found on the west side of Jerusalem.

Yad Vashem, the memorial to the Holocaust, and arguably one of the very best museums in the world.

Ammunition Hill a former Jordanian army stronghold, conquered by the Israeli army in the Six Day War, and converted into a national memorial site and museum.

The Dead Sea - where you’ll have an opportunity to swim and float on the Dead Sea the lowest place on earth.

Qumran where a cache of ancient biblical texts the Dead Sea Scroll were discovered.

Masada the 1500 feet mountaintop fortress famous for being the last stronghold of the Jewish rebellion against the Romans.

Negev Desert The Negev, which extends over Israel’s southern region, accounts for over half of Israel’s land area. Various peoples have lived in the Negev since the dawn of history: nomads, Canaanites, Philistines, Edomites, Byzantines, Nabateans, Ottomans and of course Israelis.

Israeli Airfore meuseum located at Hatzerim Airbase in the Negev desert displaying a variety of Israeli Air Force and foreign aircraft, as well as anti aircraft arms.

Kibbutz Sde Boker is the realization of the dream envisioned by David Ben Gurion, Israel’s first prime minister and defense minister, who loved the Negev desert and wanted to make it bloom.

Bedouin experience learn about the culture and tribal traditions of this desert-dwelling nomadic people.

Ramon Crater an impressive geological feature and the largest of its kind some 40 km long, 2–10 km wide and 500 meters deep.

Eilat the popular resort on the Read Sea, visit the underwater observatory, one of the largest seaquariums in the world.

All of this and so much more to experience during our fourteen day Grand Jewish Heritage tour to Israel with Eilat the Promise Land. Read our tour itinerary for more detail trip description.

Extensions

Make the most of your Jewish Heritage journey with an optional tour extension to Jordan to see the capitol Amman and Petra, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World known as "Sela Edom" or red rock city.